Not even me, which was a miracle.
“Ignore them,” he said. “They’re just jealous thatyourboyfriend is younger and hotter.”
Dad skated alongside us, backward, because he was a worse showoff than Aiden. At least Aiden was helping.
“I’m thinking it’s time to eat,” he said.
Aiden’s whole face lit up. “That’s the sexiest thing anyone’s said to me all day,” he joked.
“Carter needs to up his game,” Dad said. “Never hurts to remind your partner what you’re there for.”
Aiden looked at me expectantly.
I leaned in, unsure of what I was about to say. It probably wasn’t in the spirit of what my dad meant, and I’d die if he overheard, but…
Now was as good a time as any to get this off my chest.
“Want you to show me how to suck your cock later,” I murmured, blood rushing up the back of my neck, the tips of my ears so hot my hair was in danger of catching fire.
Aiden glowed at me, clearly thrilled, and brushed a kiss over my cheek.
“Sorry,” he said, turning back to my dad. “Carter just bested you.”
“Good,” Dad said, and maybe I was imagining it, but I thought he sounded a little proud. “Get him off the ice in one piece and let’s grab a late lunch.”
He skated off, which left Aiden looking at me, eyes glittering. “I won’t hold you to that,” he said. “Since you were under duress.”
I shook my head. “Meant it,” I said, licking my lips nervously. “I mean, if you want…”
If it was the sexiest thing anyone had said to Aiden all day, Idefinitelywanted to follow through. I wanted him to thinkIwas sexy.
“You have the hottest mouth I’ve ever kissed,” Aiden said. “I want.”
My ears burned again, but it was absolutely worth it.
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Carter was glowing.Laughing and joking with his dad and Trent, all four of us getting along like old friends, his knee bumping against mine under the table from time to time, making happy sounds while he ate…
Holyshitwas he hot like this.
“… so anyway, we get the x-rays back and there’s atoy carthree inches up this guy’s ass,” Trent continued, clearly excited to tell this story to two new people. “Swore to anyone who’d listen that he had no idea how it got there.”
“Probably slipped and fell,” Carter said. “Happens all the time, I’m sure.”
Trent chuckled, warmth and affection for Carter rolling off him in waves.
“Oh yeah. I don’t think I’ve worked in the ER a full month without someone coming in with something exotic in an orifice it definitely shouldn’t be in and swearing it wasn’t on purpose. Whole lot of accident prone people out there,” Trent grinned. “Anyway, thank you for being a brand new audience for that story, I’m pretty sure Frank is tired of the weird shit that happens to me at work.”
“Never,” Mr. K said. “You listen to all the weird shit that happens tomeat work.”
“I bet you get a lot of that too, huh, Aiden?” Trent asked. “People coming in and asking for all kinds of dumb things.”
I nodded, sipping my soda. Something about hanging out with Carter’s dad made me feel like a kid again, and I kind of loved it. “I won’t do a tattoo I think people might live to regret,” I said. “No romantic partner names, nothing in a language they don’t speak, nothing that belongs to a culture they’re not a part of. There are lots of tattoo artists in the world, if they’re desperate to do something stupid they can find another one.”
“I admire that,” Trent said.
